Drunk Bamboo

"I...I..." Xiao Bingxin looked flustered and couldn't say anything else.

Xie Yuzhu pretended not to see it.

Xie Yuzhu: Who told you to come here by all means? How can this banquet be so easy to attend? Since you want to compete with these daughters of noble families, then do it openly.

"What's wrong? Is there not even one person in Fengwang Mansion who can write poetry?" Gu Ziyi laughed.

Xiao Bing looked unconvinced and smiled brightly, but she was actually very nervous.

She waited for Xie Yuzhu to help.

Now that she is a member of the Feng Palace, it is impossible for her to just stand by and watch her die.

Miss Xun, the youngest, who had not spoken a word, said slowly, "Writing from the heart is the true meaning of poetry. If you want to write poetry, you can do so freely. There is no need to force anyone."

Xie Yuzhu didn't expect that she would be the first person to speak.

It was obvious that Gu Ziyi and Liu Cheng were deliberately making trouble for Xiao Bingxin and making her look bad.

The two queens and the Crown Princess who were high above did not say anything, but Miss Xun dared to speak.

Let Xie Yuzhu look at him differently.

"Miss Xun, we don't mean that. We don't have to ask Princess Feng to compose a poem. It's just that today's banquet with wine and conversation is what His Majesty and the Queen intended. We saw that no one was talking in Feng's mansion and we were afraid that it was lonely, so we wanted to listen to the voice of Feng's mansion." Gu Ziyi spoke to her in a polite tone.

One can imagine the status of Xun Shuling among all officials.

Xie Yuzhu remembered that Xun Shuling didn't seem to have any privacy to be found out, which meant that he was a decent person in private.

"The princess doesn't have to come in person. I think Miss Bingxin, who can become a guest of honor in the palace, must be outstanding." Liu Cheng looked at Xiao Bingxin with a smile.

Their target was not the Feng Palace, but Xiao Bingxin.

"Bingxin, since you ladies have invited me so kindly, it's not easy to refuse. You should show us your talents and let the ladies in Zhongdu see the cultural charm of the western frontier." Xie Yuzhu said.

"Princess sister-in-law, please help me. I am not good at poetry and songs, and I really can't compose a poem." Xiao Bingxin whispered in her ear.

I was so anxious that sweat broke out on my forehead.

Where in Xilin had she ever been attacked like this? No one had ever dared to speak to her in such a contemptuous tone.

But this is Zhongdu, and there are too many officials present who have more power than her father, so she can't do anything at all.

"I can help you, but you have to agree to one request of mine." Xie Yuzhu smiled faintly.

"As long as you don't go back to Xilin and don't marry that cripple, I will agree to anything you say." Xiao Bingxin agreed immediately.

"Just sit there and keep quiet. I'll do it."

Xie Yuzhu knew that if Xiao Bingxin appeared, Prince Feng’s Mansion would not be able to hide.

What's more, Xiao Bingxin was brought in by King Wen, so everyone would naturally pay more attention to her.

Even if King Wen didn't exist, her outstanding looks alone would make it hard for people not to take a second look at her.

"Yeah." He nodded obediently.

"Why didn't Miss Bingxin say anything? Are you afraid?" Gu Ziyi urged.

Xie Yuzhu slowly stood up and nodded to Miss Xun to express her gratitude.

Then he looked at Gu Ziyi.

"Why is Miss Gu so anxious? The Empress, the Imperial Concubine, and the Crown Princess are all silent. Can't Miss Gu speak calmly? Sister Bingxin just arrived in Zhongdu. She has been feeling uncomfortable with the climate recently. Her throat is uncomfortable, and her hands don't have the strength to hold a pen. I will write for Sister Bingxin."

"I have long heard that the Xie family members are well-educated, eloquent, and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. They also have a famous ancestor like the calligrapher Xie Zhixi. Yuzhu's writing is definitely worth looking forward to." The Queen Mother agreed.

"Thank you for your praise, Queen. I dare not compare myself with the calligraphers of the past. I am very happy that I can write something like this."

Xie Yuzhu bowed, walked to the table, picked up the brush, and started writing.

On the other side of the lotus pond, Hua Qinfeng saw her writing and looked surprised:

"Is Xie Yuzhu standing up and writing?"

"It must be the princess who is writing the poem. The princess is the daughter of the Xie family in Nanmi. For her, writing is as simple as eating and sleeping." Chaoyang affirmed.

"Isn't she talentless? How can she write poetry?" Hua Qinfeng was puzzled.

"Our princess is proficient in everything. There is nothing she doesn't know." Chaoyang said proudly.

"How do you know she knows everything?" Hua Qinfeng looked up at him.

Chaoyang gave him a helpless look.

"The princess's study. Has Your Majesty never seen the princess's study? There are many books on everything from astronomy to geography, and they are all rare and unique. There is also a guqin in the room and a chessboard on the cabinet. If the princess didn't like these things, why would she transport them all the way from Nanmi to Zhongdu?"

After thinking for a while, I felt that Chaoyang’s words made sense.

"It seems like she just brought these things here."

"The princess is just low-key on weekdays and never shows anything. Also, the prince doesn't like reading, so the princess fiddles with flowers and plants in the yard." Chaoyang's tone was somewhat complaining.

"What does my dislike of reading have to do with her fiddling with flowers and plants? You don't know her. What she planted are..." Hua Qinfeng stopped talking.

"What is it?"

"Why should I explain so much to you? Is the secret between Xie Yuzhu and I your business?"

He would never tell anyone that Xie Yuzhu would do something like poisoning.

Only he knows Xie Yuzhu's secret.

I was secretly happy in my heart.

Xie Yuzhu was dressed in white, standing in the midst of the red flowers and green willows, looking particularly calm and composed. She exuded the faint elegance of orchids, unique in her.

Holding a pen and ink, he wrote with ease, his eyes confident and determined.

"Honestly, Your Majesty, the princess is so good. She is not hypocritical, not artificial, and does not cause trouble. She is kind-hearted, gentle, intelligent, and quick-witted. There is nothing wrong with her. If the princess gets angry and ignores Your Majesty, no matter if it is Your Majesty's fault or not, He must first admit His fault to the princess. But usually it is Your Majesty's fault."

"Whose company do you belong to? You are such a traitor." Hua Qinfeng said with wide eyes.

"I belong to the prince and the princess. Isn't the prince also the princess's person? The princess is also the prince's person." Chaoyang said it naturally and as it should be.

After hearing this, Hua Qinfeng was slightly stunned.

Suddenly he understood something, his brows relaxed, he looked towards the white figure, and said firmly:

"Of course she is mine. She will be mine forever."

Hua Qinming, who was sitting at the next table, heard the conversation between the two and a hint of coldness flashed across his indifferent eyes.

Soon, Eunuch Dong received a poem from the other side of the river: "Your Majesty, this is a poem written by Miss Bingxin from the Feng Palace, written by the princess."

"Miss Bing Xin?" The emperor's eyes moved.

"He is an old friend of King Feng in Xilin, and he came to Zhongdu for a visit." Eunuch Dong explained with a smile.

The emperor's gaze turned to the red figure not far away.

Xilin, old friend, Bing Xin?

He remembered that General Xiao Zhong's daughter's maiden name was Xiao Bingxin!